The Taft College men's soccer team split its two non-conference games during the week as the Cougars cruised to a 2-0 win over visiting College of the Canyons on Tuesday before falling 1-0 at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday.
Taft is 4-8-3 overall and returns to Central Valley Conference on Tuesday (Oct. 29) with a 3 p.m. home game against visiting West Hills College Lemoore. The Cougars are 1-1-1 in CVC play.
In the win over Canyons, Taft got goals from Joel Meza in the 15th minute and an insurance goal by Ramiro Juarez in the 60th. Ronaldo Valderrama and Meza were credited with assists.
The Cougars earned their fourth shutout of the season as goalkeepers Sergio Gonzalez (45 minutes), Alexis Osorio (30 min.), and Myron Hankins (15 min.) combined for the clean sheet.
Taft was on the other side of a shutout on Friday as the Cougars couldn't find the back of the net at Chaffey. Miguel Correa scored the game's lone goal for the Panthers in the fourth minute of the game.
The Cougars had just four shots on goal with all stopped by Chaffey goalkeeper Rylan Opatkiewicz. Osorio played the entire contest in goal for Taft and allowed just the one goal.